Vending-machine for grocery commodities and the like



W. I. GOUDEAU. R GRocERY corwMonITIEs AND T APPLICATION FILED APR. V9,1921.

VENDING MACHINE F0 W. 1. GOUDEAU.

VENDING MACHINE FOR GROCERY COMMODITIES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED Amm, 192|.

1,390,03L Pauasept. 6,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED srarns Param oFFlcE.

WILTON J'. GOUDEAU, 0F GRIDER, ARKANSAS.

Application filed April 9,

To all who/m, t may concern Be it known that l, WiLToN J. GonnnAU, acitizen of the United States, residing at ider, in the county ofMississippi and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vending- Machines for Grocery Commodities and the like,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompany ing drawings.

The present invention has for its purpose the provision of a machine ofthis general character, wherein means is afforded for ispensing variousarticles, such as can, box and bottle goods, and the like, and includingmeans, door operated, for imparting movements intermittently to thedispensing means, there being a coin controlled device to be manuallyactuated for releasing the dispensing means, whereby the door operatedmeans may move the dispensing mechanism.

It is another purpose to provide a mechanism of this kind particularlyadapted for vending articles from a bin, hopper or the like, in lieu ofvending articles from receptacles on an endless carrier, though theendless carrier with receptacles may be employed in connection with suchdispensing mechanism.

Still another purpose is to provide a machine of this kind involvingimprovements on the structure of a similar mechanism or machine, whichis set forth, claimed and illustrated in the copending application ofWilton J. Goudeau, filed September 18, 1920, Serial No. 411,185.

ile the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth isdeemed pref erable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction o'purposes, the invention may be susceptible of changes, and the right tothese changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within thescope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, aswill be herein* after set fort shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings` Figure l is a View in front elevation of the vendingmachine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921. 192i. serial No. 459,879.

Fig. 2 is a rear sectional view of the same.

F ig. 3 is a vertical ectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing a binor trough in elevation and partly in section, and illusdoor operatedh12, tlgan is possible with the structure in ig. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional plan view on line 5`5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the construction of the wristpin and the collar 24 as connecting the link 26 to the actuating lever22. A

eferring to the frame, which may be any suitable propormitting thearticles to Preferably the bin is provided with converging bottom walls5, which are disposed in order to provide an outlet or discharge opening6. A suitable cooling or ice chamber 7 is located above the bin order tokeep the articles from also to keep the bottle goods, the bin, cool.

Journaled in is a shaft 9, on

spoiling, and if deposited in suitable braces or supportSS which isjournaled a dispensing cylinder 10, capable of intermittent movements.This cylinder is provided with cavities 1l, each of w ich may receive asingle article from the discharge or outlet opening of the bin, saidrecess or cavity registers with the outlet opening.

Also mounted on the which iianges 13. transversely across the edge ofthe disk are pins or bolts 14, of which there may be any numberemployed, either as shown in Fi 3, or as shown in Fig. 4f. Owing totheprovision of transverse pins or bolts, and the fact that they areindividually engaged by a member to impart movements intermittently tothe disk, the disk may be prefer ably termed a ratchet. Loosely mountedon one end of each pin or bolt is a roller or collar 15, which, ashereinafter stated, is designed for returning the main operating lever(which is coin controlled) to its normal position. s

An arcuate escapementdog 16 is mounted on a shaft 17, which is alsocarried by the transversely disposed supports 8. One arm 18 of theesca-pement dog engages between Y. so

1 .the link`26, in such and a'rslide or pull lever lever' 19L theflanges of the ratchet and in the path of one of the pins or bolts 14,to prevent movement of the' ratchet, until it is actuated by a memberconnected to a door. The other e Y arm 19 of the escapement dogfassumesa position normally out ofthe path of the pins or bolts '14.

' A supporting bar 2O extends transversely of the frame or casing, andpivoted thereon by means of a stub' shaft 21 is a main-actuating lever22. The lower end of the lever 22 carries a wrist`pin 23,=provided witha collar 24, which rides in a slot 25 of a link 26. One end of the link26 is pivotally connected to the arm 27 of the escapement dog, while itsother end is 'connectedas at.y 28 to one end of a coiled spring 29,which in turn is connecte'dat 30V to the lower end ofthe actuatingl'everl22.v This vcoiled spring pulls vise that the collar or sleeve'on thewrist pin may assume a position normallynearer the lower end lof theslot 25, then adjacent theother end'of the slot.' rIhe spring 29'alsoserves togpull upwardly oniy the link, andthereby retain the arm 18 ofthe escapement dog normally in the path ofone ofthe `transverse pins orbolts of the ratchet, at leastuntil the actuating lever 22 is tilted. i

Mounted on fthe face ofthe casing or -ram'e'is a conventional form ofcoinA controlled mechanism 31, such as disclosed in thefaforesaidcopending application, and which mechanism includes a coinl chute 3219a, which is similar to that disclosed in the pending applica.- tion.`This slide or pull lever 19a' is pivotally connected at 33to theupperend of the' actuating'lever 22.k Obviously when ai coin is deposited in'the-chute 32,-the slide or pull is thenfre'e to 4be moved er pulledoutwardly, ing` lever-22iwill be tilted on its pivot21, therebyactuating the link 26,?insuchwise as to .tilt the escapement dog,removing. the endof its'arm 18 from the pathV of 'anYadjacentxtran'sverse pin or'boltiof the ratchet, and Ywhen this is"accomplished, r the ratchet iszfree to be, rotated. VThe ratchet' andthe cylinder 10 rotate together, .and has` one of the` recess'esor`pocketsll registering with tray and when so moved, theactuatf the outletor discharge opening of the bin, an article, whatever it may be, willdrop into the recess or pocket, and broughtforward and delivered on thetray or shelf 34. The shelf or tray 34has a slot V,or pocket 35, inwhich the article, such as bottle or can goods will roll, in order to bein-a` position to be removed by the purchaser.

A shelf or tray 36 projects from` the face of the casing or frame inalinement ywith the or. shelf y34' and hingedly mounted at 37 is a door3S, adapted for closing an Aopen ing 39 in the front wall ofthe' casing'or housing. The inner face of thedoor is. lprovided with a pair ofparallel flanges 40having registering apertures or openings '41,

any two registering openingsor apertures of which receives a pivot `pin42, for pivotally connecting a pull bar 43 tothe'do'orl" Obviously thepull bar 43 canbe adjusted rela'- tively to the door, so' that the barmaybe used in imparting variable movements to the ratchetintermittently. The'pull bar43 has its inner end terminating in a' hook.44 which slides over the" edge' of `the ratchet be tween the flanges,and is adapted to engage any one of the for rotating theratchetandmoving the delivery wheel or cylinder or drum to delivery Pivot-allymounted upona transverse supporting bar 45 isa gravity actuated'dogv thenose 47 ofiwhichis held in the path of any one of thev transeverse pinsor bolts, by means of the gravity or'weighted end 481of the dog. W'henthe nose of the dog isfso distransverse pins zorbolts 14, ,H

posed the `-ratchet is kprevented from=`retro y the hook Jtravels overthe edge of the ratchet between-theV flanges,

when closing-thedoor. As shown clearly in the drawingsthe grademovement,when

flanges 13 of the Yratchet'are `provided `with a f'f plurality ofopenings '49 for the vpins or bolts 14, and it is vobvious thatthe pins4or bolts maybe disposed incertainof the opens ings, as in Fig. 3, or inA in Fig.u4. Furthermore' the number 'of pins or belts may be increasedor'de'creased and also it will be noted that Ythecloserf the pivoted endofthe pull bar islocated-to the hinge of the door the-greater number ofpins all of the openings are necessary on the ratchet, and` the fartherthe pivot or the pull bar is locatedV away from the hinge the fewer ofpins or bolts are necessary. T g Y When a coin is deposited inthechuteB2,

and the pull bar 19a is operated, the actuat'- ing lever V22vvilldisengage the dog 18 from one of the pinsor the doorfis free tobe dooris opened the bar escapexneut bolts, then 43 will impart anf inopened."`"iVVheny lthe terinittent motion to the ratchet, thereby l moving thedelivery -cylinder aroundto delivery' position. `When` one `of. thepinsor bolts of the ratchet. pass the., armi 19?,itwll a short pull bartilt the escapement dog and restore it to normal position. Also as theratchet is rotated, one of the collars or sleeves upon one of the pinsor bolts 14 will cam against the actuating lever 22, andrestore thesame, and the coin controlled lock to their normal positions. As long4as the end of the arm 18 of the escapement dog isin the path of one ofthe pins or bolts of the ratchet, it is impossible to rotate theratchet.

The pull bar 43 operates through a slot in a partition 51, there being aslide 52 covering the slot, to prevent access to the slot. vThe slide 52operates in guide flanges 53. The pull bar 43 operates through anopening 54 in the slide, as the slide moves. lVhen the pins 14 arechanged, or increased in number, as in Fig. 4, it is necessary to use43, as disclosed.

This present machine may be used in vending any articles, there being nolimit as to the kind or character. Furthermore, when the pins 14 areincreased in number, the cavities or depressions 11 are likewiseincreased. Also it is obvious that when the pins 14 and the cavities ordepressions 1.1 are increased, the pull lever 43 herein shown may bereplaced by another, which is shorter, so that the lever may operatebetween the door andthe pins 14. i

The invention having been set vforth, what is claimed as being usefulis:

1. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodityreceiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revolubleintermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a pointimmediately below the discharge opening, said housing having anopening', a door controllingsaid opening, and means connecting the doorcooperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion theretowhen the door is opened.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodityreceiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revolubleintermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a pointimmediately below the discharge opening, said housing having' anopening, a door controlling said opening and means connecting the doorcoperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion theretowhen the door is opened, an escapement lock for the delivery drum toprevent the same from being rotated.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodityreceiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revolubleintermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a pointimmediately below the discharge opening, said housing having an opening,a door controlling said opening, and means connecting the doorcoperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion theretowhen the door is opened, an escapement lock for the delivery drum, toprevent the same from being rotated, means for releasing said escapementlock, and means` for restoring the releasing means and the escapementlock to their normal positions.

4. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having an articlereceiving bin or trough provided witha discharge opening, a deliverydrumnintermittently rotated adjacent and below the discharge opening,said housing having an opening, a door controlling said opening, andmeans adjustably connected to the door and operatively connecting withthe drum for imparting variable movements intermittently to the drum.

5. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having an articlereceiving bin or trough provided with a discharge opening, a deliverydrum intermittently rotated adjacent and below the discharge opening,said housing having an opening, a door controlling said opening, andmeans adjustably connected to the door and operatively connecting withthe drum for imparting variable movements intermittently to the drum,means for locking the drum, means for releasing said locking means.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with anopening, a door controlling said opening and having an article receivingbin, which is provided with a discharging opening, a delivery drummounted for intermittent revoluble movement below and adjacent thedischarging opening, a ratchet movable with the drum, and meansadjustably connected to the door and adapted to engage any one oftheratchet members for imparting variable intermittent movements to theratchet and the drum.

7. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with anopening, a door controlling said opening and having an article receivingbinh which is provided with a discharging opening, a delivery drummounted for intermittent revoluble movement below and adjacent thedischarging opening, a ratchet movable with the drum, and meansadjustably connected to the door and adapted to engage any one of theratchet members for imparting variable intermittent movements to theratchet and the drum, an escapement lock for the ratchet, means forreleasing the escapement lock to permit the ratchet to rotate.

8. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with adoor opening, a delivery drum mounted in the housing, an escapement locktherefor, means for releasing said escapement lock, a door for saidopening, an article receiving bin provided with a discharge openingimmedi- `above the drum; means connecting the door coperatively with thedrum for imparting an intermi door is opened, When theescapementreleased, and means carried lby the drum to l ,coperatively engage Witha part of said escapement Vment lock to itsv initial ment `withthea-drum.

ttent motion thereto when the 15 lock is lock VJror restoring theescapeposition in engage- 20 In testimony whereof I hereunto aiX mysignature.

WILTON J. eoUDEAU.

